18 September 2012

Gateway to Scandinavia

NORWAY, GATEWAY TO SCANDINAVIA

TO OPEN IN 1988

"This 58,000-square-foot, picturesque village of shops and
restaurants will join 10 other nations at World Showcase in EPCOT Center in
June 1988. It will include an exciting ride-through travel adventure in its
location between the Mexico and China Showcases. It will focus on Norway’s
exciting past and as a modern industrial nation.

Its major attraction will take guests on a fantasy voyage
aboard 16 passenger Viking ships from a modern village, up a white-water rapids
and into a 10th-century Viking village. Here a magical spirit casts a spell as
voyagers embark on a thrilling ride past the edge of a roaring waterfall,
through a rocky passageway to the North Sea and into the midst of a fierce
ocean storm before the vessel docks safely at a small fishing village.

Other features include a wide-screen film tour of modern
Norway, a 200-seat Smorgasbord-style restaurant, a sidewalk-cafe bakery and
shops featuring authentic Scandinavian merchandise."